Romain Grosjean

Name: Romain Grosjean
Nationality: Swiss/French
Birth date: April 17th, 1986 (age 21)
Birth place: Geneva, Switzerland
Weight: 68 kg
Height: 1.80 m
Current Racing Category: GP2 Series
Previous Racing Experience: BMX, F3 Euroseries
Team: ART Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean holds joint Swiss and French nationalities and by his own admission started his career in motorsport at the relatively late age of 14.

From karting, Grosjean worked his way up the motorsports ladder and in 2006 was competing in the F3 Euroseries, taking the championship the following year.

For 2008, Grosjean steps up to the GP2 category with ART Grand Prix. His debut in the new Asia series in Dubai saw him take back-to-back victories and he is now firm favourite for the main GP2 championship this year.

In addition, Grosjean takes over as test driver for the Renault F1 team from Nelson Piquet Jr.